![]() ![]() The cane can be used as a pogo to reach higher ledges, bounce off enemies and even cross hazardous ground. Scrooge’s cane is your only weapon and it is incredibly versatile. Some of its themes (particularly the Moon) have even achieved godlike status. The soundtrack is equally fantastic and might be some of the best music Capcom produced on the system. The animation is fantastic and the entire game has a vibrancy in color that almost defies the hardware. Capcom really managed to capture the looks of the show within the NES’s limitations and produced one of its better looking titles. DuckTales was one of the most pleasant surprises of my adolescent gaming youth and I’m glad it still holds up today.įor its time DuckTales was a phenomenal artistic achievement. ![]() All it needed was someone to capture that in a game which Capcom did in splendid fashion. I distinctly remember running home from Elementary School every day to catch the latest episode because it was so riveting. The cartoon was built on the back of Scrooge McDuck going on new adventures around the world every episode (at least in the first season). When you think about it the series was practically tailor made for a video game adaptation. DuckTales is a master class in how to treat a license with respect and the precursor to a string of high quality releases that still hold up pretty well today. The fact that DuckTales is one of the greatest Nintendo games of all time though is. ![]() That it turned out so good comes as no surprise Capcom were on fire with the NES. It’s hard to believe DuckTales is Capcom’s first actual Disney game as it really set a high bar. ![]()
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